Mop-wringer.



' Patented oci. 2a, |902.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES v PATENT OFFICE.

HAMILTON GIBERSON, OF NORTHUMBERLAND, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WV. H. KIMBALL, OF STRATFORD, NEV HAMPSHIRE.

MoP-wRaNcER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. I712,294, dated October 28, 1902. Application tiled April 26, 1902. Serial No. 104.733. (No model.)

following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to v make and use the same.

The invention relates to improvements in mop-wringers g and it has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient mopwringer adapted to be readily applied to and removed from a pail and capable of being readily operated to expel or wring surplus water from a mop after the same has been immersed in a pail to render the mop suitable for mopping a Iioor or other surface.

The invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown, and particularly pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a mop-wringer constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view, the presser-boards being separated.

Referring to the drawings, l designates a stationary presser-board provided at its upper portion with suitable perforations 2 and secured at its side edges to imperforate sides 3, which extend inward and outward beyond the stationary presser-board and which form with the same a stationary'presser-frame.'

The lower portion of the stationary presserboard is provided with opposite cut-away portions or recesses 4 for the reception 0f the ably secured to the upper portions of the sidebars 5, which have their lower portions 8 bent slightly and arranged at an angle to the up- 5o per portions of the side bars and perforated .a bottom flange 16 of a rocking or oscillating .ily expelled from a mop.

at `their lower ends for the reception of suitable pivots 9 for connecting the movable presser-frame to the stationary presserframe. The' side bars 5 are provided at their upper ends with recesses or cut-away portions 10, and the movable presser-board 6 is connected by pivots 12 with links 1l, which have their ends arranged in the recesses or cut-away portions 10, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The links or bars 11, which are arranged at the inner faces of the imperforate sides 3, extend through recesses 13 of the stationary presser-board and terminate at their outer ends in hooks lihwhich engage openings 15 of 6s plate 17. The plate 17, which is constructed of sheet metal or other material, is also provided with end flanges 18, which are perforated near their upper ends for the reception of a transverse rod 19, which pivots the plate 17 between the outer portions of the sides 3. The plate 17 is operated by a handle 20, consisting of a4 bar securedv to the outer face of the plate at one side of the mopwringer and adapted to be oscillated to swing the lower portion of the plate backward and forward, whereby the movable presser-frame is carried to and from the stationary presserframe to squeeze a mop-cloth or the like for expelling the surplus water. The stationary presser-frame is provided with an inclined bottom board 21, secured to the stationary presser-board at a point below the movable presser-board and arranged to extend between the side vbars 5.

The sides 3 are provided at the lower edges of their outer portions with notches 22, adapted to receive the upper edge of a pail, and pins 23, which depend from the top walls of the notches, are employed for engaging the exterior of the pail.

It will be seen that the mop-wringer is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that it possesses great strength and durability, and that it is capable of being 95 readily placed on and removed from a pail or other receptacle. It willalso be seen that the mop-wringer is easily operated and that it will enable the surplus water to be read- IOO What I claim is 1. A mop-wringer comprising a stationary presser-board provided at its upper and lower ends with recesses, sides secured to the upper portion of the stationary presserboard, a movable presser-frame having a presser-board and provided with side bars recessed at their upper ends and having their lower ends pivoted in the recesses at the lower end of the stationary presser-board, an oscillating plate pivotally mounted between the said sides, links or bars connected with the oscillating plate and extending through the recesses of the upper end of the stationary presser-board and pivoted to the movable presser-board in the recesses of the said side bars, substantially as described.

2. A mop-wringer comprising a stationary presser-board, side pieces 3 secured to HAMILTON GIBERSON.

Witnesses N. R. OCoNNoR, M. R. FRIZZELL. 

